Rich pistachio filling and excellent frying.
Rating: 8/10
In the small town of Lentini, in the province of Siracusa, we discovered a very interesting pistachio arancino served at Mokambo Bistrò.
The interior of the café is very well-maintained and it's a pleasure to sit inside, though there are also tables and chairs available outside under umbrellas. Their culinary selection, both sweet and savory, is quite vast, but our attention was drawn to the pistachio arancino (thanks to your recommendations).
The frying is excellent, perfectly crispy and not at all greasy. The rice is also cooked very well, even if it is perhaps a bit too plain in the section surrounding the filling (completely white, as you can see in the photo). The real strong point of this arancino is clearly the thick, abundant heart of pistachio filling, which is bright green, wonderfully creamy, and full of chopped pistachios.
The flavor of the filling is great and you can really taste the pistachio, although with such a generous amount we would have expected an even more intense pistachio punch (this clearly depends on the quality of the pistachio itself).
It is undoubtedly a recommended arancino that earns a rating of 8/10. We want to congratulate Mokambo, as it is rare to find arancini with such a rich pistachio filling. A slight upgrade in the quality of the pistachio would likely be enough to reach the top score.
Address:
Mokambo Excelente Bistrò
Via Vittorio Emanuele III, 74
96016 Lentini (SR)
